SEPTEMBER
17 2021
Anti-mask residents state their case to Wellsville school board BY KATHRYN ROSS WELLSVILLE — An antimask resident argued before the Wellsville Board of Education last week that the efficiency of most COVID-19 face masks is like dropping a pebble through a Hula Hoop. David Anderson was among seven men, women and students who attended the board meeting and spoke their concerns about masking. The board listened as Anderson said masking is not healthy for the social development of children and prohibits them from effectively communicating with others, perhaps causing lasting developmental harm. Another man, Bill Bends, compared a child dying from COVID-19 as likely as an asteroid destroying Earth. Another resident expressed her concern about requiring a medical instrument be placed on her child’s face. All asked the board to reconsider the state’s recent mask mandate and fight for their children’s rights.
School Superintendent David Foster said the board understands their concerns and assured the residents that, as a board, members are doing what they can to resolve the issue. But he explained that while the board and staff had prepared a plan dealing with when students had to wear masks in school, over the weekend that all changed when the state mandated that all students and staff wear masks while in public school buildings. “I hear what you are saying, and I wish I could do something different,” Foster said. “But I have to do what I have to do. We’re following the guidelines of the (federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and the American Academy of Pediatrics and as soon as it is safe to do so and the requirements change, we will do something about it. “What we heard tonight is being repeated at board of
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Photo provided Carly Santangelo, an agriculture teacher at Cuba-Rushford Central School, has been named Teacher of the Year by the New York State United Teachers.
Cuba-Rushford educator named NYSUT Teacher of the Year BY KELLEN M. QUIGLEY CUBA — High school teacher Carly Santangelo’s favorite thing about her job is her students and the exciting new things she can share with them in the classroom. The last thing she expected was to be recognized on a statewide level for just doing what she loves every day. Santangelo, an agriculture teacher at Cuba-Rushford Central School, has been named Teacher of the Year by the New York State United
Teachers. “I am very honored and very excited for the opportunity to help other teachers and our students,” Santangelo told the Olean Times Herald. “I’m really humbled to have been chosen.” Santangelo began her career teaching animal science at the CA BOCES center in Belmont. After coming to the Cuba-Rushford district in 2018, she has taught several science and technology classes including agriscience,
welding and small engines, career and finance and farm to table. In addition to her work in the classroom, Santangelo’s love of farm life continues in her volunteering with the Allegany County 4-H and as an FFA member. Santangelo was nominated by her principal, Katie Ralston. She said she appreciated that Ralston thought of them for the contest and proceeded with filling out the application.
“Mrs. Santangelo has a vision and a direction that allows her impact to expand beyond her own classroom, with benefits of her work riveting through the district, our local community and the educational region,” Ralston wrote in her nominee letter. The application process goes in a series of rounds, Santangelo explained. The first round required some
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